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Neuromancer
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (135+ words) William Gibson's science fiction novel is being adapted for TV by Graham Roland and JD Dillard for Apple TV. The series follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes…...
Book urges Ghana to split its galamsey fight
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (412+ words) Ghana should split its fight against illegal mining, or galamsey, crushing foreign financed operations while formalising poverty driven ones, an environmental analyst argued at an Accra book launch. Yaw Amoyaw-Osei, founder and executive chairman of the Centre for Environment and…...
Climate and Punishment | Gabriel Winslow-Yost
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (224+ words) July 23, 2026 issue George Saunders; illustration by Adrian Tomine Get unlimited access to The New York Review of Books. Support independent media. Continue reading for just $1 an issue and get a FREE notebook! Continue reading for just $1 an issue. Choose a…...
Writing Like There's No Tomorrow
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (1847+ words) What follows is a slightly edited version of my keynote address for the Tulsa Lit-Fest, April 2026. I begin with M. Scott Momaday: Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth ". He ought to give…...
Constructions, Concoctions, Conjurations: A Reading List on the Curious World of Conlangs
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (1395+ words) Longreads: The best longform stories on the web Longreads has published hundreds of original stories'personal essays, reported features, reading lists, and more'and more than 14, 000 editor's picks. And they're all funded by readers like you. Become a member today. AIGONZ is…...
MOON TIME: Author Julie Walker " 'cene Magazine
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (1044+ words) Columnist Zahra Barri talks to urban fantasy author Julie Walker about time, memory, grief, spirituality, family and the moon In hindsight, reading her Slipped series out of order was quite symbolic - all of Walker's writing ruminates on the concept of…...
I Dreamt You Loved Me Offers a Witty, Insightful and Deeply Human Look at Modern Relationships
14+ hour, 31+ min ago (436+ words) Acclaimed creators Fredi Brodmann and Louis Lewitan blend humor, psychology and sharp observation in a thought-provoking new book. Relationships are complicated, emotional, confusing and often unintentionally hilarious. In their compelling new book, I Dreamt You Loved Me: A Close Look…...
We read an entire scroll -- without ever opening it [An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time | Vesuvius Challenge]
5+ hour, 43+ min ago (141+ words) . .. To read it, we never unrolled it physically. Instead, we scanned it with high-resolution X-rays, reconstructed the wound sheet inside the volume, flattened it into a readable surface, and used machine learning to bring out the faint traces of ancient…...
A Dreamlike Journey Through Emotion and Imagination: Derek Oldfield Unveils The Silence of Melting
14+ hour, 36+ min ago (140+ words) The Silence of Melting stands out as a contemporary exploration of abstract poetry, offering a fresh perspective for both seasoned poetry readers and those new to the genre. Its dream inspired approach allows readers to engage with the text in…...
Book Review: Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global, Dani Rodrik
12+ hour, 14+ min ago (1130+ words) Independent Institute Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate Dani Rodrik, an economist in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, has written a very ambitious book,…...